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Murderers, maniacs, cannibals - all these are criminals guilty of terrible crimes. Among them there are also representatives of the fairer sex, who were no less cruel than men.

The most brutal maniac killers

Killer Clown

Maniac nicknamed "Clown" was euthanized

Serial maniac Sergei Tkach

Indonesian maniac Ahmad Suraji

"Red Ripper" Andrei Chikatilo

"Doctor Death"

The most terrible cannibal killers

Cannibal Nikolai Dzhumagaliev

Indian cannibals

Japanese ogre Issei Sagawa

Issei Sagawa became famous restaurant critic, he writes books, often gives interviews, and is invited as a guest to many television shows. We can say that this tragedy, like most high-profile crimes, brought fame to the killer. It is surprising that fate was pleased not only to leave the cannibal alive, but also to open doors for him that he would never have been able to open before.

The most terrible female killers

"Black Widow"

Sister of Mercy Jane Toppan

Later, the woman transformed her experiments into murders. After her arrest, the police were able to prove eleven murders. While under arrest, the nurse confessed to thirty-one more murders. The examination proved that Jane was insane. She spent the rest of her life in a psychiatric clinic.

"Bloody Countess"

Bathory lured girls to her castle, under the pretext of a job offer, locked them in a dungeon, and then killed them. Her own husband, Ferenc Nadasi, helped her in this. To avoid publicity and a high-profile trial of the countess, her noble relatives locked Elizabeth in her own dungeon, where she died three years later.

The most terrible killer in the history of mankind

about an 11-year-old boy who was imprisoned for life.
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Nowadays, even a 4-year-old child knows that there are bad guys who you should never follow, even if they offer delicious candies, chewing gum, or invite you to look at adorable puppies. Unfortunately, this does not reduce the number of murders, rapes and other crimes. After all, most often these guys are not so bad in their own way appearance, therefore, they mislead not only children, but also adults. Yes, these may not be guys at all.

Horrible statistics of the most famous maniac killers are kept all over the world. In the practice of law enforcement agencies, there are many cases where the main defendants were men, women and even children. It has been scientifically proven that anyone can become a murderer under certain circumstances. But, if this is done not due to surrounding factors or the situation, but at the behest of the soul, such a person is terrible both for himself and for society. In this material, we will look at the most brutal maniac killers encountered in the world, how they were caught and punished. But I would like to immediately say that there are probably much fewer caught criminals than there are still walking among us. There have been cases when terrible monsters fell into the hands of law enforcement agencies purely by accident, for example, due to a fine for illegal parking, and at that time another victim was lying tied up in the trunk. So, we bring to your attention the nightmarish TOP of the most brutal killer maniacs in the world.

TOP 10

John Wayne Gacy or the killer clown

This man rightfully deserves a place in this terrible top. He operated in America and during this time he raped and killed 33 young people. He was executed in 1994 by lethal injection. Few people know that it is his story that lies in the motive of the Stephen King novel called “It”.

As a child, he experienced several classic signs of a future maniac. His father was an alcoholic who beat his entire family and was also raped. At the age of 26 he was sent to prison. For raping a boy, he served a year and a half instead of 10. He was released for good behavior, which they later regretted long time. Sitting behind bars, he thought new image, bought a clown costume and began to approach his victims much faster and easier.

After his first arrest, in the eyes of the public, he behaved absolutely normal life. Became a restaurant manager fast food, married twice. For a long time, the people around him could not believe that he was the killer clown, since he was distinguished by his hard work and ability to communicate. They say he worked 12 hours or more. As was later proven by representatives of law enforcement agencies, he stayed in service for so long precisely because of his love for teenagers. He constantly forced them to have sexual contact, but the victims were mostly silent.

Sergey Tkach

He lived to be 65 years old and killed more than 37 women, as well as minor girls. He was called the Polog maniac. He was a rapist and pedophile. The court sentenced him to 4 life sentences. After his capture, he wrote reports for 107 more victims. He was convicted in the Dnepropetrovsk region, served his sentence in the Zhitomir prison in Ukraine, and acted mainly in Crimea. Died in 2005.

He strangled and drowned his victims for sexual reasons. He worked as an investigator in law enforcement agencies, which is probably why he covered his tracks so well. Served in Soviet Army, received the specialty of surveyor technician, after which he was recommended to work in the police. He was fired for official falsification, which they were able to prove. It was after this that he began to kill.

He was interested in girls and girls from 9 to 17 years old. He tracked them in forest plantations near the highway and railway. He chose this method of murder so that law enforcement agencies would think about someone visiting. He left no traces on the bodies of the victims. When raping, he constantly used condoms, trampled on traces, undressed his victims, removing their clothes and shoes, and then burned it all, removing all the cigarette butts and scraps. After crime committed I tried to escape along the sleepers. So it was very difficult for the service dog to pick up his scent.

While investigating the murders committed by Tkach, main problem there was a statute of limitations. The fact is that some of them were committed several decades ago and no evidence remains.

Jeffrey Dahmer

He was 34 years old when he was killed by fellow inmates through severe head trauma. Law enforcement They gave him the nickname Milwaukee Monster or Cannibal. The victims were men and young men whom he raped, killed, and then ate. IN total there were 17 of them.

Dahmer's childhood was absolutely normal until his parents noticed his habit of collecting animal corpses. He placed them in a jar of formaldehyde and stored them. It has been proven that he committed murder for the first time at the age of 18. First he stunned his victim with dumbbells, then he strangled him and cut him into pieces.

What prompted this maniac to kill is still not known for certain. They say he was abused by a neighbor at the age of 8. But the killer himself denied this. He took the formaldehyde in which the killed animals were rolled up from his father. His dreams in early age there was gay sex, dismemberment of corpses and necrophilia.

After graduating from school, he received an education, got married, worked and served in the army. After his second victim, he could no longer stop. He was caught after another young man managed to get out and called the police. His cannibalism and cannibalism were conclusively proven during the search. Body parts were found in the refrigerator, and men's torsos were found in a barrel of acid.

Andrey Chikatilo

They nicknamed him, the Red Ripper was born in Ukraine, he was executed in Rostov region in Russia at the age of 57 years. In total, he killed 53 victims, 10 of which were unprovable. Perversion and violence became his business card. He killed for sexual reasons, since he achieved orgasm only during the death of the victim. He was distinguished by cannibalism and cannibalism.

In his life he worked, studied, got married, had children, friends, and killed in between. He was active for 12 years. The victims of the killer maniac were 14 girls, 18 women and twenty-one boys.

When considering what prompted this man to kill, it is worth noting his childhood. It has been scientifically proven that he was born with signs of hydrocephalus and suffered from urinary incontinence. Also, his mother constantly beat him. The relationship with her can be called a separate story. When the Holodomor began in Ukraine, his older brother Stepan disappeared without a trace. His mother said that he was kidnapped and eaten. But, in fact, it is not known whether this brother existed at all. After Chikatilo's capture, scientists began to understand the history of his family, and they did not find any Stepan. By the way, beating the mother is also unprovable. Some criminologists are of the opinion that the killer made it all up in order to justify himself and that his parents were actually worthy members of society who worked hard. But any accurate information no about that.

Chikatilo worked as a teacher and educator. He constantly noted his genius and the hostility of the world around him. His first victim was a nine-year-old girl, whom he took life in a house he bought in secret from her family. Her body was found nearby in a pond. The cause of death was 3 penetrating stab wounds to the abdomen and mechanical asphyxia. On the body, traces of rupture of the vagina and rectum were found following anal and vaginal intercourse. Chikatilo lured the girl into the house with promises of chewing gum.

This was followed by a break of three years, after which a series of murders began. He met his victims on buses, at train stations, then lured them into a forest, park or other secluded place under the plausible pretext of allegedly showing them a shortcut or carrying a heavy bag. There, attack them with a knife. 60 stab wounds were found on one body. Some had their eyes gouged out, their tongues and genitals bitten off.

His first arrest was made in 1984. He attracted the attention of the local police officer with his abnormal behavior. By that time, 7 corpses of his victims had already been found in the region. During his arrest, his blood was taken, which turned out to be type II. The last victim's sperm was 4. This provided his alibi, thanks to which he was released. Ultimately, it turned out that this person had a thematic paradoxical feature organism, or criminologists simply did the wrong analysis. Upon release, he killed 21 more people.

Caught him thanks psychological portrait killer, which was first compiled in the territory Soviet Union. His last victim was a 22-year-old prostitute who was killed in the forest. The sergeant, who saw him coming out of the forest belt, asked to show his documents, since Chikatilo, dressed in a suit and tie, did not at all look like a mushroom picker. A few days later, after not far from this railway station The body of the second victim was discovered, the policeman remembered the suspicious person. The investigation led to Chikatilo's arrest in 1990.

Pedro Alonso Lopez

He is considered the most brutal maniac in history, included in the Guinness Book of Records. He was born in Colombia, where he died. He lived for 69 years, during which he committed 53 murders in Ecuador. Another 57 could not be proven. It is believed that he killed 350 people in total, but these cases remain unsolved to this day.

The maniac was arrested in 1983. He was caught completely by accident. They saw him local residents, when he made another attempt at rape. After his arrest, he immediately confessed to all his crimes and showed mass grave with bodies. The court found him guilty and sentenced him to only 20 years in prison, which is the maximum sentence for Colombia. Of these, he served 16 years, and then was transported to a special hospital. This decision was made for exemplary behavior and cooperation with the investigation.

Received the nickname Monster of the Andes. As a child, he was thrown out onto the street by his mother, after which he was picked up by a pervert, with whom he lived. It was this “guardian,” according to unverified data, who became the first victim of the maniac. Pedro killed him at the age of 18, and before that he raped him. A gang of friends helped him with this.

Law enforcement caught him and imprisoned him for 8 years. After he was released from prison, he moved to Peru, where the bloody series began. It took a very long time to catch him, since in most countries Latin America the police have no influence. According to unverified reports, his atrocities were discovered by a Peruvian drug boss. It was in connection with this that Pedro moved to Ecuador, where he continued the murders.

Harold Shipman

Doctor Death lived and killed near Manchester in England. 15 victims have been proven for certain. How many there were is now unknown, but they say that there were at least 250. He was arrested in 1998. Then he was sent to prison, where he died in 2004, having lived to be 57 years old.

He was a psychopath with a high IQ who always stood out compared to other people. He killed using lethal injections for selfish reasons. His first victim was elderly woman, who called him as a doctor and complained of joint pain. The doctor injected her with morphine into her vein, the dose of which led to death. After that, Harold took the souvenir from the table and left the house with impunity. The death was ruled natural.

Most often, he killed elderly pensioners and constantly took something for himself as a souvenir. After he began to forge the wills of the dead, he began to make a good profit. It was proven that Shipman even killed relatives of his acquaintances and subordinates, for example, his secretary. According to the killer himself, told to his cellmate, he killed 508 people in the region.

The most brutal female killer - Black Widow or Belle Sorenson Gunness

She personally or with the help of other people killed 40 people in the area. Mostly these were relatives or close friends. After their death, she received excellent insurance, on which she lived.

It is proven that she killed her husband, children and several suitors. How she died is unknown. It is believed that her body was found decapitated and mutilated, but it has not been proven whether it was her.

Jane Toppan is responsible for the deaths of 31 people. She was tried in 1901 for a crime committed over decades. The court declared her insane and sent her to a psychiatric clinic. The motive for the actions was the desire to kill as many helpless people as possible. She worked as a nurse and used her future victims as guinea pigs. She experimented with atropine and morphine, observing changes in the nervous system.

The most mysterious maniacs in the world

In this TOP it is necessary to highlight separate place homicidal maniacs who were never caught by law enforcement agencies.

For starters, this is, of course, Jack the Ripper

It operated in the second half of the 19th century. Who he was, why he killed and when he died, no one knows to this day. His victims were exclusively prostitutes. What they annoyed him with remains a mystery, shrouded in darkness. The number of specifically identified victims is at least 5. The method of murder varied from time to time. In most cases, he cut the women's throats, but he could also choke them.

At the time of its rampant England was just experiencing an influx of Irish emigrants. Major cities were not only overpopulated, but also the number of their inhabitants increased every day. Many women who did not have the opportunity to get a job became prostitutes. After the city authorities began to interfere in their activities, they noticed that some of the girls were disappearing without a trace.

The first body found was Mary Ann Nichols, nicknamed Polly. The last recorded and most famous was Mary Jane Kelly. She was different from the other victims in that she was the youngest. With her craft, she earned decent money, with which she could rent a room where she was killed. Many modern researchers note that most likely the girls were strangled before their throats were cut. WITH psychological point It is worth noting that this method of killing is personal. That is, the killer either knew the victim well, or he identified her with someone he could not reach.

Some criminologists think that Jack the Ripper's mother was also a prostitute and that he may have been abused by her clients as a child. The killer cut the throat strictly from left to right, leaving a deep wound. The scary thing is that after the woman died, he opened her up. He carried away some organs, while others he put on public display.

The investigation lasted for a very long time, but never yielded any results. The killer wrote letters to the police, bullying them (some experts believe that these were forgeries, written by a mentally ill person who wanted to take away the glory of the original). It is noted that the Ripper could have been a highly qualified surgeon, and it has also been reliably proven that he was left-handed.

The second of the bloodiest, but never caught, killers is the Zodiac

He lived in America, and acted in the middle of the last century in Northern California and San Francisco. He called himself the Zodiac in letters that, like Jack the Ripper, he sent to the police.

According to unverified data, the number of victims fluctuates around 37. The interesting thing is that he may be alive to this day. Therefore, the investigation into his case has not yet stopped. Modern criminologists and profilers note that this person is undeniably a psychopath, but very smart, almost a genius. Most likely, his life skills and high IQ helped him avoid punishment from the police, even though he sent encrypted cryptograms with information about himself to local newspapers 4 times. By the way, the information encrypted in them has not been fully disclosed.

Law enforcement agencies have confirmed that 5 victims were killed and two were wounded. Their ages ranged from 16 to 39 years. Zodiac killed with an unregistered pistol. His victims were mostly in cars. The investigation into the case was discontinued in 2004, but resumed in 2007. Professionals do not lose hope of finding him and finally punishing him.

The term “serial killer” appeared in 1976 in order to describe as correctly and in detail as possible the personality and course of action of the American maniac, necrophiliac and kidnapper Ted Bundy. But the most famous murderer of all time is still considered not the terrible Ted, but Jack the Ripper.

One way or another, when the world starts talking about any new maniac, everyone becomes wildly scared. History remembers the names of some serial killers, who, despite increased police action, remained at large. So, the top 10 maniacs who have not yet been caught, although a lot of time has passed since their appearance.

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1. Monster of the Andes

Although the Colombian maniac Pedro Alonso Lopez was caught by the police, he spent only 16 years in prison and was then released. And this despite his sincere confession that the blood of more than 300 people was dried on the hands of the killer! The current whereabouts of the maniac are still unknown, so Lopez can be considered caught, but it is unlikely that he was fairly punished.

2. Sweeney Todd

This dangerous serial killer became the hero of many musicals and films (pictured is Johnny Depp in the image of Sweeney Todd from the film of the same name). And although some believe that this bloodthirsty Englishman was just a fictional villain, others say that the maniac nicknamed Sweeney Todd was real person, who worked as a hairdresser and killed people using a strange chair.

3. The Woodcutter of New Orleans

This killer committed atrocities in New Orleans and its surrounding areas from the spring of 1918 to the fall of 1919. The woodcutter, living up to his nickname, dealt with his victims with an axe. Catch the maniac or at least identify him controversial personality It didn't work out that way.

4. Alphabet Killer

This serial maniac has 3 proven crimes that were committed in Rochester in the early 70s. The victims of the “Alphabet Killer” were little girls (pictured), whose initials coincided with the first letter of the city (Carmen Colon in Churchville, Wanda Walkowicz in Webster, Michelle Maenza in Macedon), thanks to which the maniac received such a nickname. The main suspect for a long time Denis Termini was considered, but in 2007 he was acquitted, and the real criminal, as you understand, remained free.

5. Long Island Serial Killer

A killer credited with the deaths of four (there may have been more) prostitutes. He not only dealt with the moths, but also dismembered them, and then “strewn” the area of ​​Ocean Parkway and Jones Beach Park with the remains of the girls’ bodies. Only after a while the police were able to discover the remains of his victims, but, sad as it may sound, they were unable to catch the criminal himself.

This criminal was also known as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, who committed bloody crimes in the 1930s. He is credited with 12 officially recorded murders, but investigations have shown that in reality there were many more.

This was the name given to the American “serial killer” from California, who killed ten and subjected sexual violence fifty people. His actions did not fall under any classification, which is why the Night Stalker is considered one of the strangest maniacs in US history.

This serial killer took the lives of residents of Salt Lake County. But most importantly, he did this only on February 9, 2006, and then 2008, which is why he received such a mysterious nickname. The investigation into the February maniac case came to a standstill in 2011, and he himself still appears in police files as John Doe. This is his conventional name.

This cruel and mysterious serial killer maniac operated in the United States and San Francisco in the late 60s. All his messages addressed to the police contained encrypted cryptograms, thanks to which the Zodiac received his nickname. However, during the entire investigation, the cryptographers were able to read only one of his “bloody” letters.

10. Jack the Ripper

The most famous “serial” in history, whose identity has never been established. He received the pseudonym Jack the Ripper for the nature of his crimes: in 1888, a maniac killed prostitutes in London. Exact quantity Jack's victims have not been identified to this day. As well as who the Ripper really was.

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Life is the greatest value of a person, which makes people fear the killers who encroach on it. That is why mentions of maniacs evoke horror and make you shudder. These people do not feel pity and often cause physical and psychological trauma to his victims before killing them. According to experts, this attitude of serial killers towards people is due to mental abnormalities, which can be congenital or acquired as a result of bullying from others. The most terrible maniacs in the history of mankind have ruined many lives and yet do not feel any regrets because of their brutal actions.

Pedro Lopez brutally murdered nearly 300 people, making him the world's worst serial killer. For such horrific acts, he was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the bloodiest maniac.

Pedro was born in the Colombian city of Tolmi in the family of a prostitute who did not devote time to raising her children. When the boy was 8 years old, his mother kicked him out of the house for sexual relations with my sister. Pedro was sheltered by an adult man who turned out to be a pedophile. He constantly abused and raped the boy. Moreover, the so-called owner sold Pedro into slavery to other rapists. The boy managed to escape, but was soon abused by school teacher. This pushed him into petty hooliganism and theft. At the age of 18, he returned to his owner and, having committed sexual violence, killed him. As punishment for the abuse inflicted on him, Pedro tore the skin off the man. He did the same with two other pedophiles who raped him as a child.

For such crimes, Pedro Lopez received only 8 years in prison. The court took into account the following mitigating circumstances when passing the sentence:

• lack of parental care;
• molestation;
• bullying of a person;
• unauthorized deprivation of liberty of a minor.

In prison, Pedro killed 4 people who were sitting in the same cell with him, but was not punished for this. After being released from prison, he continued to kill people, traveling through Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. After another arrest, he admitted that he had killed more than 300 people. Police found a mass grave of his victims, in which more than 50 bodies of girls and women were found. Pedro was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He served 16 years in prison and was treated in a psychiatric clinic for another 4 years, after which he disappeared without a trace. Residents of Colombia and neighboring countries One can only hope that a maniac at an advanced age (68 years old) cannot commit murder.

More than 218 murders were committed by the British maniac Harold Frederick. He was a popular doctor among many families, who, under the guise of treatment, injected his victims lethal dose heroin. In most cases he killed women. Harold was even nicknamed “Doctor Death.” After being caught, the serial killer was sentenced to life imprisonment. After serving six years in prison, Harold Federick hanged himself.

Cubillos is a serial killer operating in Colombia. The maniac chose boys as victims, whom he brutally raped and then killed. The police managed to accuse him of 140 serious crimes, of which, according to the criminal himself, there are many more. Cubillos was sentenced to the maximum possible sentence in Colombia - 30 years. He will have to serve only 22 years: the term was reduced due to the killer’s cooperation with the authorities.

The maniac Javed Iqbal operated in Pakistan for a long time, raping and killing more than 100 children. From the testimony of the criminal it follows that he first raped his victims, strangled them, and dismembered the corpses. He carefully covered up the traces of his atrocities, using acid in which he placed parts of the bodies of the murdered victims. Photographs that the criminal took as souvenirs before the brutal massacre of the victims helped prove Iqbal’s involvement in terrible crimes.

A maniac from Brazil, Pedro Filho, was sentenced to 30 years for murdering 70 people. Despite all the atrocities of the serial killer, the court could not give him a more severe punishment, since according to the laws of the country, the maximum term of imprisonment cannot exceed 30 years. According to unconfirmed reports, Filho killed more than 100 people, including his father.

The murders committed by the Chinese maniac Yang Xinhai are particularly striking. He began his criminal activity with petty theft, and after a while he did not hesitate to take people’s lives. Once in the house, he cut out all family members, be they children or elderly people. Xinhai raped women even if they were pregnant. He took people's lives using an ax and a saw. After his arrest, the criminal was sentenced to death penalty and shot.

For more than 12 years, the brutal serial killer Andrei Chikatilo rampaged through the vastness of the Rostov region. During this time, he took the lives of 52 people. The maniac often attacked children and women. He often attempted to rape his victims, but he did not always succeed. Due to serious mental disorders, Chikatilo received satisfaction from causing suffering to people and watching their life leave them. The maniac was caught and sentenced to death, which was carried out in 1994.

In Ukraine, serial killer Anatoly Onoprienko took the lives of 52 people. According to the maniac, he was forced to commit crimes by voices in his head. Moreover, he killed his victims in places that, when connected, form a cross on the map. After a psychiatric examination, Onoprienko was found sane, and he was sentenced to death. Due to changes in legislation, the established sentence was replaced by life imprisonment.

It is difficult to imagine what the victims who suffered at the hands of the maniac Gary Ridgway had to endure. This criminal kidnapped women, raped them in the most brutal manner and abused them for a long time before taking their lives. Even after death, he did not leave his victims alone, performing sexual intercourse with them. After his capture, Ridgway confessed to 48 murders, although police believe he took the lives of 90 women. The maniac was convicted in 2003 and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Whether you think they are evil, crazy or deranged, serial killers always attract attention because of their cruelty and ruthlessness. Each such killer has more than one victim behind him, for which, naturally, he bears the most severe punishment. But at the same time, few people know what is behind the actions of such people. What drives them to commit such crimes? Unfortunately, it’s impossible to know, so you can simply check out the twenty-five most terrifying serial killers of the last century. Each of them at one time suggested real horror on the streets of the cities where he acted. Some of them carefully chose who they would kill, others attacked everyone. Some received life imprisonment, others the death penalty. But they were all incredibly cruel and terrifying people who had no compassion for those they attacked. Some of them have double digits and even three digit number victims, which is simply amazing and makes you think about how a person can be so cruel and merciless?

Berkowitz

Known as the ".44 Killer," he used the very weapon in his nickname to kill six and wound seven others in 1976. He taunted police and terrorized New York City until he was arrested in 1977 and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for each of the murders.

Camper

He became a notorious murderer and necrophiliac who operated in California during the 70s. During this time, he killed his relatives, namely his grandparents, when he just turned fifteen, after which he killed and dismembered six young and innocent girls whom he picked up in a car on the highway. Then he got rid of his own mother, and at the same time took the life of her friend who was next to her. After this, the maniac personally surrendered to the police station and was convicted.

Bittaker and Norris

In 1979, five young women were killed. They lured each of them into their van, where they raped them and then tortured them to death using a horrifying assortment of torture devices.

Brady and Hindley

These two men killed five children between 1963 and 1965. Their victims ranged in age from 10 to 17, and each victim was first sexually assaulted and then killed. The bodies of three victims were found in graves, the last victim was discovered in the couple's home, the location of the fourth victim's body remains unknown.

Bianchi and Buono

In 1977-1978 in California, two cousins ​​carried out a real reign of terror - they kidnapped, raped and killed ten girls aged 12 to 28 years. They met each of the victims in the hills and eventually strangled them, earning them the nickname “Hillside Stranglers.”

Raider

He managed to hide from the law for a long time - he killed ten people between 1974 and 1991. He was intoxicated by the attention he received, which is why he sent letters to the police in which he talked about how he stalked his victims, breaking into their houses, tying them up, torturing them and then killing them.

Gaskins

In 1969, he began picking up hitchhikers, whom he then tortured and killed. When he was caught, he reported killing between 80 and 90 people, but in reality only eight of his victims were confirmed. While on death row, Gaskins killed his cellmate, going down in history as the only person to pull off such a thing.

Manuel

Between 1956 and 1958 he killed nine people, but he is still suspected of killing nine more. The police could not initially prove his guilt until he made the mistake of paying with banknotes from one of the victims. He was hanged, one of the last people to suffer the death penalty in Scotland before it was abolished.

Haig

Was a famous serial killer in the forties. He was pretending successful businessman, lured his victims to a factory, where he shot them, and then dissolved their bodies in an acid bath, after taking all their documents in order to dispose of money, property and real estate.

Pair West

Over the course of twenty years from 1967 to 1987, the husband and wife raped and murdered at least 11 young women. The couple brought all their victims to their home - their house later became known as the house of horrors and was demolished, as adventurers constantly visited it.

Shawcross

In 1972, he raped and killed first a ten-year-old boy, and then an eight-year-old girl. However, he was only charged with manslaughter, served 14 years, after which he went out and killed 12 prostitutes. He was captured on the spot last murder, where he confessed to committing all the previous ones.

Sutcliffe

Better known as the Yorkshire Ripper. In 1981, he was arrested and charged with the murder of 13 women and the attempted murder of seven more. He targeted prostitutes exclusively and kept northern England at bay for a long time.

Ramirez

He is an American serial killer and Satanist who terrorized Los Angeles in 1984 and 1985. He broke into the homes of his victims, who ranged from a nine-year-old girl to an elderly couple. There he shot, cut, beat, tortured and raped his victims, and also painted pentagrams on the walls.

Dahmer

Known as the Milwaukee Cannibal. From 1978 to 1991, he raped, killed and dismembered 17 men and boys. He also committed acts of necrophilia, and his last victims were eaten by him after dismemberment - pieces of human flesh were found in his house in the process of preparing dishes from them.

Nielsen

Nilsen became the British equivalent of the previous killer. He was a homosexual who killed fifteen people between 1878 and 1983. He killed his victims and then dismembered them, throwing their organs down the toilet. He was caught because human remains were found in his sewer.

Bundy

Was one of the most famous serial killers of the twentieth century - he kidnapped, raped and murdered huge amount women in the seventies.

Ng and Lake

It is reported that the Chinese raped and killed from 11 to 25 people, and did this together with an accomplice at his ranch.

Gacy

From 1972 to 1978 he attacked and killed 33 boys and teenagers. He lured them to his home, promising work, and there he strangled them with a pre-prepared tourniquet.

Chikatilo

He was a Soviet maniac nicknamed the Butcher from Rostov. He raped, mutilated and killed at least 52 women between 1978 and 1990.

Sells

This is one of the most dangerous criminals in the history of Texas. More than 70 people died due to his fault. A ten-year-old girl, whom he stabbed to death in her own home, survived and was able to report the attack to neighbors, identifying the attacker.

Ridgway

He was arrested for committing four murders, although he confessed to more than seventy. As a result, he was found guilty of 49 murders.

Filho

A Brazilian maniac was convicted of murdering at least 71 people. He committed his first crime at the age of 14, after which he could not stop.

Barbosa

A Colombian serial killer raped and killed at least 150 young girls across Colombia and Ecuador.

Shipman

This man killed practically the most people in history. He was a practicing physician when his colleagues expressed concern about the high mortality rate of his patients. It turned out that during his work he killed more than 250 people.

Lopez

He holds the record for the number of murders - he raped and killed more than 300 girls throughout South America.

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As you can see, the twentieth century turned out to be rich in cruel maniacs who killed, raped, and tortured people just like that or according to some perverted scheme of their own. Naturally, in this list Not all serial killers who rampaged this century are listed - there are many more of them, but it is these maniacs who are remembered by humanity more than others - either for their special cruelty, or for the number of victims they left behind. We can only hope that the twenty-first century will become a little more cultural, progressive, advanced, so the number of serial killers in it will decrease, so that in a few years it will not be necessary to create a similar article about those who wreaked havoc all over the world, killing innocent people.